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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 There is no agreed ceasefire... everyone is operating from a completely different version of one. Analyst Shaiel Ben-Ephraim says Netanyahu understands something Trump doesn't want to admit: every escalation in Lebanon gives Trump an excuse not to unfreeze Iranian assets and look weaker than Obama. So part of... show more

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